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Safety Problems for All

Safety is another concern for anyone who comes in contact with wooden pallets. On a daily basis, warehouse workers are injured handling heavy pallets by hand, retail shoppers are jabbed by rogue nails or splinters when pallets are used for displays on superstore floors, and drivers end up in accidents when slick pallets slide off trucks into traffic. Corporate America spends millions of dollars each year to settle claims related to wood pallet usage.

Sometimes, the safety issues aren't as obvious. There are known cases when disinfectants or other substances used to treat wooden pallets leeched into food and beverage products being carried on the pallets, causing consumers to become ill. In France, a soft drink company had to recall products because a disinfectant sprayed onto the pallets contaminated the soft drink cans.

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Stack of damaged wooden pallets

Splintered edges are the start of serious problems for wooden pallets.